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Old 07-08-2009, 06:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I recently acquired an old roman. I am having trouble identifying it and my camera doesn't create a good close up shot. Details: It has a man on one side looking to the right. Face looks a little slender. On the reverse it has what I think is Latin letters/words. They are in a wreath . There are around 5 lines of Latin on it. Help anyone!!!!

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Old 07-08-2009, 07:00 PM   #2 (permalink)
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My only guess would be this "AE4. VOT / XV / MVLT / XX in wreath (large module)"

http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type25.html

The latin matches this one exactly.

Any guesses on value?
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Old 07-08-2009, 08:40 PM   #3 (permalink)
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My only guess would be this "AE4. VOT / XV / MVLT / XX in wreath (large module)"

http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type25.html

The latin matches this one exactly.

Any guesses on value?
That describes a very large number of coins. In the 4th century, the vast majority of emperors were depicted with virtually identical portraits, and just about all of them had some votis reverses like that. We're going to need the legend on the front (or at least the bits of it that you can read) if you want to identify the emperor, and we're going to need the diameter in millimeters and the mintmark (the text on the bottom of the reverse) if you want a specific attribution. Also, keep in mind that you can generally scan coins well enough to identify if you or someone you know has a scanner. Just make sure to put it at the highest dpi you can. You'll also need to give us condition if you want us to give you a meaningful value.

I should also give you a heads up that 4th century Roman bronzes are generally very common and not worth very much at all. There's a decent chance that this coin is only worth a couple of bucks.

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I have a scanner and have the DPI at 600 and the image of the coin is still blurry. Any tips?
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I have a scanner and have the DPI at 600 and the image of the coin is still blurry. Any tips?
Honestly, my scanner's always worked well enough that I never had to mess with it, so I don't have much to offer. You could try playing with the settings a bit to see if it gets better.

In any case, how blurry is it? Is it good enough that we can make out the legends? If so, I'd say post what you have for now. If it isn't, give us what you can read of the legends on both sides of the coin (there's more surviving than just the VOT/MVLT part, right?) and its diameter in millimeters, and we can see what we can do from there.

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Honestly, my scanner's always worked well enough that I never had to mess with it, so I don't have much to offer. You could try playing with the settings a bit to see if it gets better.

In any case, how blurry is it? Is it good enough that we can make out the legends? If so, I'd say post what you have for now. If it isn't, give us what you can read of the legends on both sides of the coin (there's more surviving than just the VOT/MVLT part, right?) and its diameter in millimeters, and we can see what we can do from there.

I think I'll be able to make out some of the rest of the legend. I could probably get it cleaner but I don't know how to clean the coin well. How should I clean it up a bit more so I can read the rest of the writing along the sides and bottom?
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Old 07-08-2009, 07:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Please provide a picture or at least a complete transcription of the obverse legend, reverse legend, and mintmark.
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You sure you don't want to post your scan, however bad it may be?

Value of these coins is almost entirely dependent on condition. If its very high grade, it could be worth $60-75. The one in the image you posted above is probably worth around $25.
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You sure you don't want to post your scan, however bad it may be?

Value of these coins is almost entirely dependent on condition. If its very high grade, it could be worth $60-75. The one in the image you posted above is probably worth around $25.

Thanks for your opinions guys!! Yes my scan would of shown nothing. I can't get high enough DPI for anything to be visible. Anyways I'll try to get a mint mark and report back. The condition is anywhere from poor to fair.
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